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adaptation

[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌæd Ι™pˈteΙͺ ΚƒΙ™n /




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Michelle Monaghan, always good, is also among the cast, as homicide detective Amanda Beck, though she lays low enough to duck all the free-floating ham in this adaptation of Alex North’s 2019 novel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The new evidence suggests that gradually reducing these abdominal appendages was an important adaptation to terrestrial life.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

For the film adaptation, premiering Friday on Netflix, you can add a truly banging cast that includes Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Climate change and heat adaptation were on the agenda of a two-day cabinet retreat this week led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but no new measures were announced.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

A common bet-hedging adaptation by which wild plants achieve that result is to enclose their seeds in a thick coat or armor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Sunny Hostin of the popular daily talk show “The View” has licensed her image and likeness to AI production studio Fountain 0, which will make film adaptations of her novels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

It funded tours by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, film adaptations of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984,” and translations of T.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

I’ve viewed my life until now as a series of unrelated adaptations, from Irish Niamh to American Dorothy to the reincarnated Vivian.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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